> On 3/26/21 12:26 PM, Mark Tinka wrote: >> If the last decade is anything to go by, I'm keen to see what the next one >> brings. >> Mark. >> > > > So the obvious question is what will happen to the internet 10 years from > now. The last 10 years were all about phones and apps, but that's pretty well > played out by now. Gratuitously networked devices like my dishwasher will > probably be common, but that's hardly exciting. LEO internet providers will > be coming online which might make a difference in the corners of the world > where it's hard to get access, but will it allow internet access to parachute > in behind the Great Firewall? > > One thing that we are seeing a revolution in is with working from home. That > has some implications for networking since symmetric bandwidth, or at least > quite a bit more upstream would be helpful as many people found out. Is > latency going to drive networking, given gaming? Gamers are not just zitty 15 > year olds, they are middle aged or older nowadays. > > Mike
Ten years from now? Easy. We’ll still be talking about the continued shortage of IPv4 address space and (legitimately) complaining about why IPv6 still isn’t the default addressing/routing methodology for the Internet worldwide. -Andy
